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IT'S JEPH'S BIRTHDAY!

4 (8.7%)

His very own helium pony!

4 (8.7%)

The Training Montage!

7 (15.2%)

Vintage Porn Collection

0 (0%)

Wayfarers, Noam Chomsky flyer, and keys to a Volvo.

1 (2.2%)

Don't ever look in the black bin.

0 (0%)

How'd training day go? Nerve wracking!

0 (0%)

If I didn't think you could do it I wouldn't have told you to. (That makes one of us.)

0 (0%)

We wanted to say thank you for showing us around today.

0 (0%)

Banana Smoothie!

7 (15.2%)

WORK HARDER Evil Bonercat Demotivator!

1 (2.2%)

What's this strange feeling? "Job satisfaction." I think I need to lay down.

2 (4.3%)

You need the extra responsibility. I might not be working at the library forever...

0 (0%)

Like, what if my band takes off, and -

0 (0%)

How IS your band doing? "W-well... we're kind of still trying to write some songs..."

0 (0%)

Cart before the horse? "The horse is a foal. The cart is a pile of lumber and a gleam in the carpenter's eye."

7 (15.2%)

I WILL ACCORDION 4 YOU

12 (26.1%)

It can still be a fulfilling job if you put the effort in.

0 (0%)

Do what you love, but you don't have to be miserable. Make the most of it.

1 (2.2%)

Jeez, now I feel guilty for getting high and watching cartoons all day.

0 (0%)

Total Members Voted: 44

[Bachi-Atari]

Alot of times with coherency what the person is saying makes perfect sense to them, and usually sense to someone who knows the person.  A Schizophrenic might say something along the lines of "That painting has a headache"  doesn't seem coherent to a 'normal' person, but will to him, and perhaps his doctors.  Things like that are very subjective.

[Barmymoo]

I dunno, when people asked me how I was yesterday, my answer was "Babies!". It made perfect sense to me - the highlight of my day was a visit to the NICU and SCBU of the local maternity hospital. It also made perfect sense to anyone who knows me. It probably would sound a bit weird to strangers. It's all about context.

[DSL]

Sentence fragments.

Common in conversation.

Is Tai getting taller?

[Skewbrow]

Probably not. She is high as hell, so may be floating in the air.

[TinPenguin]

Surely if you are high as hell then you are actually pretty low.

[DSL]

Hell, like Heaven, is all around us, everywhere and nowhere.

The town of Hell, Mich., for example, is north of where I am, so by map convention, Hell is up. Occasionally, during winter, it freezes over. Probably the case for Hell, Norway, too.

Ain't that a hell of a note?

[Sidhekin]

Occasionally, during winter, it freezes over. Probably the case for Hell, Norway, too.

Sure, but it's a mere three meters above sea level, so still not too high.

(Yes, I've been through Hell and back.  By train.  More times than I care to remember.  But I think this is the first time in a decade I've had cause to mention it.)

[Overkillengine]

"Banana smoothie" made perfect sense to me. It's not every day that you see a barista smash fruit with a hammer just to make you happy.

[billydaking]

Hm. You know the Uncanny Valley, right? I wonder if there's something similar for quirkiness: when you know a person to have some quirks but who's still on the same wavelength as you, you like them. When someone is completely out of touch with reality, you probably regard them with a bit of pitiful amusement. But Emily's "Banana smoothie." today pushed her from 'lovably quirky' to 'er, what?' I think I'm more uncomfortable with someone who shows occasional lapses in coherency than with someone who you can depend on to be completely insane. Pintsize, for example.

I interpreted it as her saying why she thought he did a good job, i.e. she enjoyed her banana smoothie. It did not strike me as a lapse in coherency at all. On the contrary, I found it perfectly coherent.

Emily's "Banana smoothie" was the punctuation to the three interns thanking Marten together. Claire starts (we want to thank you), Gabby does actual context (this is why we want to thank you) and Emily finishes off with the punchline exclamation point (And smoothie! Whoohoo!). As a group, they were thanking him, so it makes perfect sense when read from one to the other. If anybody reads Emily's statement separately, without the others, of course it's not going to make sense. But nobody should, because it wasn't written (or spoken) that way.

[DSL]

Marten has a good career ahead of him as an Older Brother.

[Kugai]

Marten has a good career ahead of him as an Older Brother.

Brother Marten?


 


He had them eating out of his hand - Lets just hope ti doesn't go to his head.

[slydon]

I want that kamineko poster.

[Lubricus]

Hell, like Heaven, is all around us, everywhere and nowhere.

The town of Hell, Mich., for example, is north of where I am, so by map convention, Hell is up. Occasionally, during winter, it freezes over. Probably the case for Hell, Norway, too.

Ain't that a hell of a note?

As a Norwegian, I can verify that Hell (in Norway) indeed does freeze over in the winter. Then again, in the ancient Norse religion, Hell was cold - which makes sense for a people struggling to stay alive in a cold climate. You can't scare people who are in danger of freezing their toes off on a regular basis with a hot place, after all...

[Soulsynger]

Marten has a good career ahead of him as an Older Brother.

Oh god, that is the worst "hypothetical friend-zoning" incident I have ever witnessed.

[cvcharger]

Marten has a good career ahead of him as an Older Brother.

Oh god, that is the worst "hypothetical friend-zoning" incident I have ever witnessed.

Ugh.  I know what you mean.

[Border Reiver]

Tai, the cart isn't a pile of lumber - that tree is still growing and a Monty Python skit still needs to happen before anything else can happen.

[Welu]

But which skit? 

[TinPenguin]

Tai, the cart isn't a pile of lumber - that tree is still growing and a Monty Python skit still needs to happen before anything else can happen.

Are you suggesting that for the band to take off, Marten needs to put on women's clothing?

[Lubricus]

Tai, the cart isn't a pile of lumber - that tree is still growing and a Monty Python skit still needs to happen before anything else can happen.

Are you suggesting that for the band to take off, Marten needs to put on women's clothing?

Huh! I guess he'd fit in well in the British band Placebo...

[DSL]

But which skit? 

The LARCH.

[Delator]

Marten.


MARTEN!


You just got called out on your musical motivation...BY A DJ!!!


If that's not a wake-up call, I don't know what is. 

[jwhouk]

It's Intern Week Part Three. What's in store for them?

Emily loves her some Banana Smash Smoothie!    13 (18.6%)
Claire meets up with Marigold - and they have a Geek Moment.    2 (2.9%)
Gabby meets up with Steve... and you know what happens next.    3 (4.3%)
Turns out it was a big put-on by Tai to see if Marten had it in him.    10 (14.3%)
Except for the "getting high" and "watching Adventure Time" parts.    4 (5.7%)
Marten makes awkward advances on one of them - and fails miserably.    7 (10%)
One of the three reveals they are related to someone else in the cast.    10 (14.3%)
One of the three makes awkward advances on Dora!    5 (7.1%)
One of the three reveals they like space ham!    3 (4.3%)
It's Jeph's birthday on Sunday. Nothing but Yelling Bird strips all week.    9 (12.9%)
Hot Dog Scones for everyone!    4 (5.7%)

Total Members Voted: 70

[jmucchiello]

Marten's in a band?


"That's a joke, son." -- Foghorn Leghorn

[Border Reiver]

With respect to the poll, I may be mistaken but didn't The Band already make it to the big time?

I mean "The Weight" and "the Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" are still a couple of my favs.

[Bachi-Atari]

Seems like alot of people in "bands" get ahead of themselves like Martin does. (one reason I find musicians a bit annoying)  Sometimes the dream about the fame and fortune so much that they loose touch with the love of music.  Look at Axel Rose.

[Is it cold in here?]

This is a side of Tai we haven't seen before. She's doing long-term thinking. She's going beyond indulgence to actual concern for Marten.

[jwhouk]

With respect to the poll, I may be mistaken but didn't The Band already make it to the big time?

I mean "The Weight" and "the Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" are still a couple of my favs.

You would not BELIEVE the facepalm I did over reading that. 

I meant "The Band" in the Jake Blues sense of the term.

Sheesh. Some people...


(everyone can sense the good-natured sarcasm there, right?)

[VonKleist]

btw R.I.P. Mr. Levon Helm :/

[Welu]

This is a side of Tai we haven't seen before. She's doing long-term thinking. She's going beyond indulgence to actual concern for Marten.

Maybe after realizing she wanted a more long-term monogamous commitment and then getting inadvertently rejected by Dora, she's figured she needs to be more future thinking. She's growing up!

[LTK]

I'm sure AnthroPCS can download skills, but only if the skill has previously been developed by another computer. Musical algorithms don't develop themselves, you know.

Though if that were possible the world would probably be full of AI musicians who all share the skills they learn individually. There's probably some crazy sort of DRM to prevent AnthroPCs from downloading skills without paying for them.

That'd be interesting to see. Pintsize pirates a mouth harmonica playing skillset, and when he puts one to his mouth his head explodes. Because "You Wouldn't Download A Car".

[Soulsynger]

[ ... ] Because "You Wouldn't Download A Car".

You would not BELIEVE the facepalm I did over reading that.  [ ... ]

So much.

...
On a side note... Marten probably has hard truths coming out of his ears by now.

[Barmymoo]

A large part of being good at music is being able to count well, concentrate and process lots of different types of information at once. Momo apparently has the same manual dexterity of a human, if not even more precise, so assuming she has an inate appreciation for music (which you can't programme into a computer, even if you can get a computer to create "music") I think she'd be pretty good at it.

[Truec]

Is there even a band anymore?  I'm pretty sure Amir has been vanished long enough to start making up stories about him being dead.

[Welu]

His last appearance was http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1985. Considering how long we go between seeing characters like Wil, Steve, Cossette or Raven considering their roles such as working at CoD or being Marten's best male friend, I think it's reasonable that we'll see him again.

[Border Reiver]

With respect to the poll, I may be mistaken but didn't The Band already make it to the big time?

I mean "The Weight" and "the Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" are still a couple of my favs.

You would not BELIEVE the facepalm I did over reading that. 

I meant "The Band" in the Jake Blues sense of the term.

Sheesh. Some people...


(everyone can sense the good-natured sarcasm there, right?)

That's the way I took it - "Ophelia" was on the player at the time, so I went to a different place.  Jesus H. Tapdancing Christ!

[cvcharger]

I had almost forgotten about the band existing.

[Schmorgluck]

Considering how long we go between seeing characters like Wil, Steve, Cossette or Raven considering their roles such as working at CoD or being Marten's best male friend, I think it's reasonable that we'll see him again.

Who is Cossette? Is she an acquaintance of Martin's?

Sorry for going smartass, but this misspelling has been grinding on my nerves for too long! Stop it. STOP IT!

[TinPenguin]

A cossette is a female cossack, obviously.

[Redball]

A cossette is a female cossack, obviously.

More than that. A cosseted cossack, clearly.

[Welu]

I thought it was wrong at the time but didn't check up for some reason. I think I was mixing it with "cassette".

[cvcharger]

Considering how long we go between seeing characters like Wil, Steve, Cossette or Raven considering their roles such as working at CoD or being Marten's best male friend, I think it's reasonable that we'll see him again.

Who is Cossette? Is she an acquaintance of Martin's?

Sorry for going smartass, but this misspelling has been grinding on my nerves for too long! Stop it. STOP IT!

Actually, Marten is a correct spelling of the name, assuming that is what you are referring to.  As long as the letters in the name are phonetically correct, then the name itself is spelled correct.  That would be like telling me that I spell my name, "Collin," wrong, just because spelling it "Colin" is more common.  Based on English standards, the way I spell should be phonetically correct, but actually both are the correct spelling.

[cesariojpn]

I thought it was wrong at the time but didn't check up for some reason. I think I was mixing it with "cassette".

What is a "cassette?"

[St.Clair]

An obsolete method of storing music or other information in analog form, via magnetically-aligned grains affixed to small reels of plastic tape, which are enclosed in a small case of rigid plastic for added durability and ease of handling.


[I've been reflecting for a while, as someone who grew up with vinyl and cassettes, and saw the rise of the CD, that I will almost certainly not ever see another form of physical media dedicated to music.  It's all just data now.)

[Is it cold in here?]

Who is Cossette? Is she an acquaintance of Martin's?

Yes. She works with Fay and Hannelore at the coffee shop.

[Carl-E]

Along with Dhora an' Pennelopy. 


Time to beat a dead horse - I was out of town working for a week, and finally caught up.  Bear with me;

Re:  bad old days. 

The curent moderation scheme grew out of the breakup.  There were several of us alzheimers old-timers who were always attempting to contribute a level of civility, even to the point of engaging proto-trolls and (gasp!) trying to reason with them.  Occasionally, it worked.  When it didn't, they weren't fed anymore, and as is often the case with such, when they didn't get the reaction they wanted, they just sort of petere out.  Even with the crazies, it was still a relatively calm inlet in the stormy sea of internet forums. 

Then all hell broke loose.  It really was a perfect storm.  All the new people who'd never lurked, and had no sense of the place, all the trolls who had been lurking, but hadn't been fed in ages, all of them being hit at once with the finest breakup fodder you could imagine. 

Someone (yeah, it was me, but I'm sure others had the same idea) suggested pulling some moderators from among the ranks of our own level-headed crew members after the debacle subsided, as a "self-policing" force. 

It has worked quite well! 

[Kugai]

The Earth/Minbari War will happen before Martens band makes it big.

[Overkillengine]

Any one else feel sorry for the poor guy trying to use an accordion to busk? 

Maybe there is an Oktoberfest nearby? I doubt he'd make much otherwise.

[WAYF]

As somebody who is a Weird Al Yankovic Fanatic, I respectfully disagree. All he has to do is play a polka and I will give him ALL my monies.
(Mind you, I can't stand slow songs played on the polka. So dreary...)

On the subject of Marten's words of wisdom, YES. I was thinking more or less this just yesterday.
So apparently Jeph can read my mind.
Get out of my mind, Jeph. You don't know where it's been!

[iduguphergrave]

Any one else feel sorry for the poor guy trying to use an accordion to busk? 

Maybe there is an Oktoberfest nearby? I doubt he'd make much otherwise.

He looks like a man who genuinely loves playing the accordion; I think he's one of those folks who just likes playing for the sake of playing. Hmm....sounds a bit like our soul-searching protagonist. Is this done on purpose? Is this foreshadowing Marten's future? Is he destined to be Northampton's next mentally unbalanced busker?

Anyhoo, I personally always try my best at smoking weed.

Time for sleep 

[Tova]

Today's comic brought to mind an article I read only recently:

Can you learn to love your job?

Many years ago I was working with Ingham's Chickens at their processing plant in Sorell, near Hobart. My job was to work with Human Resources to help reduce the amount of soft tissue injuries on the production line. Over time I came to know the staff well, and there was one woman, a beautiful Italian lady in her late 50s named Rosa, who to this day still inspires me.

Rosa worked on the end of the production line and her technical role was to exonerate the internal chicken carcass, or in everyday terms, she stuck a pipe inside a chicken's arse and flushed it out.

One day over morning tea I said to her "Rosa, you are always so happy and positive, have you always been like this?". "She looked at me like I just asked a really stupid question. "Of course I am always like this. I have a job and I work with great people."

Source: http://www.smh.com.au/executive-style/management/blogs/performance-matters/what-is-australias-worst-job-20120530-1zi20.html#ixzz1yVOToElX

Any one else feel sorry for the poor guy trying to use an accordion to busk? 

Depends. If he busts out some Wagner, then he has my gold.

Edit: There are a lot of "never" options in that poll.